diff --git a/src/PySendCreate.cpp b/src/PySendCreate.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c122150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PySendCreate.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "PySendCreate.hpp"
+
+PySendCreate::PySendCreate(const std::string &ndi_name_,
+                           const std::string &groupds_, bool clock_video_,
+                           bool clock_audio_)
+    : _ndi_name(ndi_name_), _groups(groupds_) {
+  p_ndi_name = _ndi_name.c_str();
+  p_groups = _groups.c_str();
+  clock_video = clock_video_;
+  clock_audio = clock_audio_;
+}
+
+PySendCreate::~PySendCreate() {}
+
+const std::string &PySendCreate::getNdiName() const { return _ndi_name; }
+
+void PySendCreate::setNdiName(const std::string &name) {
+  _ndi_name = name;
+  p_ndi_name = _ndi_name.c_str();
+}
+
+const std::string &PySendCreate::getGroups() const { return _groups; }
+
+void PySendCreate::setGroups(const std::string &groups) {
+  _groups = groups;
+  p_groups = _groups.c_str();
+}
diff --git a/src/PySendCreate.hpp b/src/PySendCreate.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..873b4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PySendCreate.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <string>
+
+#include <Processing.NDI.Lib.h>
+
+class PySendCreate : public NDIlib_send_create_t {
+public:
+  PySendCreate(const std::string &ndi_name_, const std::string &groups_,
+               bool clock_video_, bool clock_audio_);
+  virtual ~PySendCreate();
+
+  const std::string &getNdiName() const;
+  void setNdiName(const std::string &name);
+
+  const std::string &getGroups() const;
+  void setGroups(const std::string &groups);
+
+private:
+  std::string _ndi_name;
+  std::string _groups;
+};
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e91d06f..39a4e99 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "PyAudioFrame.hpp"
 #include "PyMetadataFrame.hpp"
+#include "PySendCreate.hpp"
 #include "PySource.hpp"
 #include "PyVideoFrame.hpp"
 
@@ -436,14 +437,16 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(NDIlib, m) {
         py::arg("instance"), py::arg("times"));
 
   // Processing.NDI.Send
-  py::class_<NDIlib_send_create_t>(m, "SendCreate")
-      .def(py::init<const char *, const char *, bool, bool>(),
+  py::class_<PySendCreate>(m, "SendCreate")
+      .def(py::init<const std::string &, const std::string &, bool, bool>(),
            py::arg("ndi_name") = nullptr, py::arg("groups") = nullptr,
            py::arg("clock_video") = true, py::arg("clock_audio") = true)
-      .def_readwrite("ndi_name", &NDIlib_send_create_t::p_ndi_name)
-      .def_readwrite("groups", &NDIlib_send_create_t::p_groups)
-      .def_readwrite("clock_video", &NDIlib_send_create_t::clock_video)
-      .def_readwrite("clock_audio", &NDIlib_send_create_t::clock_audio);
+      .def_property("ndi_name", &PySendCreate::getNdiName,
+                    &PySendCreate::setNdiName)
+      .def_property("groups", &PySendCreate::getGroups,
+                    &PySendCreate::setGroups)
+      .def_readwrite("clock_video", &PySendCreate::clock_video)
+      .def_readwrite("clock_audio", &PySendCreate::clock_audio);
 
   m.def("send_create", &NDIlib_send_create,
         py::arg("create_settings") = nullptr);